Sunday, January 16, 2011

A Boy and A Computer (Luxor Trilogy: 2 of 3)

There was a boy.


There was a computer.


Everything the boy saw or heard or smelled or felt or tasted, the computer recorded.


Computers are logic based. Boys are not.


Even though the computer has all the information that the boy has, in the order that the boy got it, it will not be able to predict exactly what the boy will do. Even though the boy has all that information, the boy himself will not be able to predict exactly what the boy himself will do.


People who believe the computer can predict what the boy will do tend not to believe in God. People who believe the computer can't predict what the boy will do tend to believe in God. These guidelines are handy, but they're by no means absolute. You can't predict them.


The computer does not predict if the boy believes in God. Or does it?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can I believe in Chaos Theory and not in god?

Ajax said...

I am not the one to tell you what you do and don't believe.